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DETERGENT GOMPOSITION Waldemar lBlech, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to 'lihurlow G. Gregory No Drawing. Application March 6, 1936, Serial No. 67,529

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a'detergent composition especially adapted for the removal of coatings of cellulose lacquers, paints, enamels, varnishes, printers ink, and similar: materials, from the skin and without appreciable injury thereto. It is well known that regular commercial cellulose lacquer solvents as hereinafter mentioned are injurious to the skin and when attempt is made to use them alone, with water or with soap and water to remove cellulose lacquers and other coatings from the skin, they are not effective, are costly and decidedly harmful.

It is also true that these cellulose lacquer solvents are not compatible with an aqueous soap continued agitation.

The principal object of the invention is to provide such a. relatively harmless composition which shall be efiective in the removal of cellu- 20 lose lacquers and the other materials mentioned 1 as well as such other substances or stains as can be removed by ordinary soap. A further object of the invention is to provide a stable and for all practical purposes a permanent emulsion or uni- 25 fication containing an aqueous soap solution and one or more solvents for the materials mentioned, hereinafter referred to as lacquer solvents. A still further object is to provide such an emul sion containing a plurality of lacquer solvents one of which is more volatile than the others and also more rapid in its solvent action whereby to secure the advantage of a quick, loosening, solvent action upon lacquer and the stains aswell "as preventing re-deposition when such volatile solvent has evaporated.

Other and more limited objects will become apparent as the description proceeds. In order that any person skilled in the art to which this invention relates may be able to compound and 40 use detergent compositions embodying my invention, I give the following illustrative formulae:

Pounds 45 Pentyl acetate 9.2

Butyl acetate 4.9-

Ethyl acetate 4,7

Saponification giycerine 17.0

Soap chips 11.7

50 Diatomaceous earth. 13.0

Pumice I 11.7

Water 27.1

Oil of sassafras .7

.solution and will not unify therewith even upon- Pounds -Pentyl acetate 9.2 Butyl acetate "4.9 Ethyl acetate 4.7 5 Glycerine 10.2 Sodium hydroxide 6.8 Soap chips 11.7 Diatomaceous earth 13.0 Pumice 11.7 Water 27.1 Oil of sassafras .7

Pounds Pentyl acetate -1 9.2 Butyl acetate 4.9 Ethyl acetate 4.7 Glycerine 13.6 Sodium hydroxide 3.4 Soap chips 11.7 Diatomaceous earth 13.0 Pumice 11.7 Water 27.1 Oil of sassafras .7

100.0 No. 4 Pounds Pentyl acetate 5.61 Butyl acetate 10.29 Carbon tetrachloride 6.55 Glycerine 6.55 Soda ash .94 Soap chips 14.96 Diatomaceous earth 14.00 Sand 19.34 Water 21.51 Oil of sassafras .25 40 Pounds Butyl acetate 12.16 Carbon tetrachloride 6.55 Glycerine 6.55 Soda ash .94 Soap chips 14.96 Diatomaceous earth 14.00 Sand 19.34 Water 25.25 Oil of sassafras .25

. ethylene-glycol-mono-butyl-ether acetate.

. Pounds Ethylpropionate 12-.16 Carbon tetrachloride 6.55

Glycerine 6.55 Soda. ash .94 Soap chips 14.96 Diatomaceous earth 14.00 Sand 19.34 Water 25.25 Oil of sassafras .25

\ Pounds Butyl acetate 12.32 Carbon tetrachloride 6.64 Glycerine 6.63 Soap chips 15.13 Water 25.57 Sand 19.53 Diatomaceous earth 14.18

From the above it will be noted that in each case there is provided one or more lacquer solvents. It is to be understood that other lacquer solvents may be employed instead of those indicated in the formulae, such for example as ethylene-glycol-mono-ethyl-ether acetate and In each case soap and water are employed. In addition to these basic ingredients and the usual perfume, abrasive and filler,-there is provided in each case one or more emulsifying or blending ingredients. In the first example, the emulsifying or blending agent is' saponification'glycerine which is glycerine containing from 30% to,

cation glycerine is, however, satisfactory, and,

' me being commercial product is deslrable m so gredients in some combination within the ranges cases for commercial reasons. As is clear from the fourth example which also includes carbon tetrachloride, it is possible to employ glycerine and soda ash (sodium carbonate) instead of glycerine and caustic soda as emulsifying or blending agent. In such case, the proportions will necessarily be changed, as is clearly indicated. I have found that carbon tetrachloride may also be used as an emulsifying or blending agent and that it may be used alone or mixed with the other emulsifying or blending agents,

using a smaller quantity of each. In other words, W 7

the, emulsifying or blending agents are compatible and may be mixed without losing their eflicacy. Inasmuch as there are individual idiosyncrasies of hypersensitiveness to both the alkali and carbon tetrachloride-it is desirable to be able to furnish the detergent composition using either of these which may be required by a particular user. Also by using a mixture it is possible so to reduce the amounts of each as to acting ethyl acetate in combination with the less Soap, approximately 8 volatile and slower acting pentyl and butyl acetates. When the composition is used, as in washing the hands, the ethyl acetate will rapidly loosen and dissolve the lacquer or similar material, whereupon it will be brought into such close and intimate contact with the other two solvents that it will be retained in solution even after the ethyl acetate'has evaporated. It should be understood that the tendency to rapid evaporation just referred to is present only after the composition has been applied in use and does not occur to an appreciable extent "when the material is packed in containers.

In producing the novel composition, a quantity of soap (the sodium or potassium salt of stearic,-

the solvents are slowly introduced. Finally the remainder of the filler is added with agitation and the emulsion is left for a few hours after which it sets into a paste'and is then ready for use.

One of the desirable modes of mixing when no filler material or abradent are used is to agitate the detergent while it is being compounded in the following order: soap, glycerine, cellulose lacquer solvent matter, and carbon tetrachloride and thereafter add the water, preferably with the alkali mixed therein, and continue the agita-r tion of the entire mass until it is homogeneous after which it forms a stable emulsion or sets intoan emulsified .paste. This setting into paste tends to hold the volatile solvents and prevents evaporation to a practical degree.

It is believed to be clear from the description and examples given that a wide variety of formulae may be used within the workable ranges of proportions of the ingredients shown in the herein described invention and for brevity the following ranges are given of the proportions known by me to be effective for all of the inand from which those skilled in the art may readily compound this detergent using the sol- I vent or solvents, the emulsifying or blending agent or agents and the other ingredients in the ratio best suited to his needs:

Pounds Cellulose lacquer solvent from the group consisting of ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, pentyl acetate, ethyl propionate,ethylene-glycol mono ethyl-ether acetate, ethyleneglycol-mono-butyl-ether acetate, and mixtures thereof, approxvimately 10 to20 to 20 Gly'cerine, approximately 5.5 to 16 Water, approximately 15 to 30 Sodium hydroxide when not in the presence of carbon tetrachloride,- approximately Sodium carbonate when not in the presence of carbon tetrachloride, I approximately 2 Carbon tetrachloride when in the presence of an alkali from the group consisting of sodium hy- 'droxide, sodium carbonate and mixtures thereof, approximately.

Having thus described my invention, what l2 mately .75 to 3.5

Filler, abradent, odoriferous matter-optional. This invention includes the features of bring-' ing about unification of these incompatible submy application Serial No. 606,294, filed April 19,

stances and also using cellulose lacquer solvents in suflicient quantity to dissolve cellulose lacquer and remove it without appreciable injury to the skin.

These solvents which are not miscible to a practical degree with water or an aqueous soap solution and which therefore cannot be readily rinsed from the hands but must remain and evaporate with injury to the skin become in this composition fully miscible and rinsible.

Theseingredients will, therefore, accomplish in combination what they will not accomplish separately or successively.

While the proportions given in the illustrative formulae andthe approximate range of proportions formula are not sharply critical, they are, so far as my experiments indicate, the optimum proportions and if departed from too far will result in an unstable emulsion, that is, one which is less permanent or a'product that may be harmful to the skin. It is possible to make an emulsion somewhat less permanent than would result from the exact proportions given without destroying the commercial value of the product. Care should be taken, however, to provide such stability as will endure during the normal time which may be expected to elapse between'manu facture and consumption. I, therefore, contemplate and desire to cover any proportions of ingredients not departing from the optimum enough to destroy the commercial value of the product.

While I have disclosed the use of diatomaceous earth as a filler I wish it understood that other equivalent fillers such as for example wood flour or the like may be employed. The filler is relatively more important in this composition than the perfume and abrasive, the latter being capable of being omitted" without loss of anything other than their perfuming and abrasive qualities. The filler which also may be omitted serves to assist in delaying evaporation ofv the volatile ingredients, lowers the cost and makes a better appearing product.

This application is a continuation in part of While I have described certain illustrative formulae, I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to particular ingredients and pro portions except in accordance with the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

' Carbon tetrachloride,

Water, approximately 15 claim is:

1. A relatively harmless, water rinsible detergent composition for the removal of cellulose lacquer and stains from the skin and consisting essentially of z -Pounds A highly volatile cellulose lacquer solvent capable of loosening cellulose lacquer from the skin and selected from the group consisting of ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, pentyl acetate,

ethyl propion'ate, ethylene-glycolmono-ethyl-ether acetate, ethyleneglycol-mono-butyl-ether acetate and mixtures thereof, approximately 10 to 20 Soap, approximately 8 to 20 Glycerine, approximately 5.5 to 16 Water, approximately 15 to 30 An alkali from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate and mixtures thereof,.approximately 1.5 to 10 2. A relatively harmless, water rinsible detergent composition for the removal of cellulose lacquer and stains from the skin and consisting essentially of Pounds A highly volatile cellulose lacquer solvent capable of loosening cellulose lacquer from the'skin and selected from the group consisting of ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, pentyl acetate, ethyl propionate,

ethylene-glycol-mono ethyl ether acetate, ethylene glycol mono butyl-ether acetate and mixtures thereof, approximately 10 to 20 Soap, approximately.-. 8 to 20 Glycerine, approximately 5.5 to 16 approximately 1.85 to 8 to 30 An alkali from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate and mixtures thereof approximately .75 to 3.5

3. A relatively harmless, water rinsible detergent composition for removal of cellulose lacquer and stains from theskin and consisting approximately of:

WALDEMAR BLECH. 

